Rylee's First Fourth of July!

We had a great Fourth of July! 

We actually made it to the church pancake breakfast this year(Ryan didn't even know that was a thing), and then we decided it was a great idea to go brave the crowds at Sea World! It was Ryan and Rylee's first time going and we had a blast. We only saw two shows and did two rides, but we have season passes, so we plan on going back a lot! It's only about 15 minutes away which is great. 

Hanging with the Dolphins

She loved the aquarium!

I sadly realized today that I have no amusement park stamina anymore. When I was fourteen I could last days at an amusement park! Now, I get off a roller coaster and have a headache, and feel wiped after a couple hours!

We left around 4 and were all pretty exhausted. 

We stopped at Rudy's to get banana pudding, and what'd ya know, that location didn't have it either! The other Rudy's we've been to here also was lacking in the pudding department. I called the third and last SA location only to discover it was also a no go on banana pudding. Needless to say this made me go a little bananas! So sad I have to drive to New Braunfels to get my banana pudding fix.

On to the rest of our day. I was ready to skip fireworks and go to bed, but I felt obligated to go watch because I would feel old and lame if we didn't(remember I was already feeling that way from our day at Sea World!). And it was Rylee's first Fourth, and even though she wouldn't remember, I felt like it was a necessity! So we dragged ourselves out to SA's "Official Firework Show" at Woodlawn Park. The neighborhood we had to park in was super sketch, traffic was horrendous, and we ended up walking a ways through unlit streets to get to the park. The firework show itself was pretty lame. They didn't really have any BIG ones, even in the finale, and it was pretty short. As we were walking back to the car, we could hear the deep booms coming from the downtown show. We even got to catch the tail end of it from a distance as we sat in traffic trying to get back out to I-10.

Next year if you find yourself in SA for the Fourth, do yourself a favor and go to the downtown show!

But overall it was a great day and a successful first Fourth for Rylee!